Program Manufacturing Leader

Overview:

Responsible for all manufacturing aspects of the Program from the Acquisition phase till SOP + 6 months.

Responsibilities:

Team Management

• Coordinate work package tasks and ensure their accomplishment

• Coordinate activities and tasks fulfillment of the Program Manufacturing team: Plant Launch Team Leaders, Supply Chain, Quality, other (HSE etc)

Product interface (manufacturability)

• Ensure design to manufacturing through concurrent engineering activities with product engineers and Program Development Leader

• Ensure manufacturing feasibility

• Manage the Prototype Build and Delivery and Analysis, working closely with Product & Process Industrialization Centre

• Implement all changes related to production system and/or related to the product (as of Engineering Change Management)

Production System Development

• Study, develop in detail, validate, release and set-up the complete Production System of the program: equipment and tool interfaces, layout, process flow charts, material and information flow diagram in accordance with the Group standards and program objectives

• Ensure the achievement of Process, Equipment and Facility FMEA

• Make Process Functional Analysis with the support of Product Engineer or Program Development Leader

Production launch

• Manage the Production Part Approval Process (including Mass Production Trial and Extended Mass Production Trial)

• Manage the production launch

• Support the Production Ramp-up

• Engineering degree

• 5 to 10 years of experience in production area, including one position in Manufacturing Engineering

• Proven technical skills on product and process

• Familiar with program finance issues (costing, P&L, investments)

• Communication and problem solving skills

• Knowledge of AutoCAD is an asset

• Japanese fluent speaker with business level of English